The Fed kept rates unchanged at 3.50%-3.75% on Mar. 18, lifted its 2026 inflation projections to 2.7% for both headline and core PCE, and held to a median year-end fed-funds path of 3.4%.
Data shows the Bitcoin perpetual futures market has seen a negative Funding Rate recently, suggesting a bearish sentiment is dominant. Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Traders Are Betting On The Short Direction As highlighted by Glassnode analyst Chris Beamish in an X post, the Bitcoin perpetual futures Funding Rate has been negative recently.
March 20, 2026, 9:00 amVanEck's latest report noted that the selling pressure among bitcoin miners remained steady despite a decline in profitability.
March 20, 2026, 8:17 am
Despite the crypto market’s renewed weakness on Thursday, a new AI-driven market model produced by Sam Daodu for 24/7 Wall St. projects higher year-end prices for Bitcoin (BTC), XRP, and Ethereum (ETH).
The recent price action echoes the November–January pattern, showing weak conviction among the “buy the dip” crowd.
Oil prices slipped as major economies announced joint efforts to stabilize energy markets.
Morgan Stanley has filed to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF with the ticker MSBT and a $1 million seed at debut.
BTQ Technologies moved a key Bitcoin (BTC) security proposal from theory to practice on Thursday, releasing Bitcoin Quantum testnet v0.3.0 with the first working implementation of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 360 (BIP 360).
Rising retail activity, soaring Open Interest, and stablecoin shifts put BTC’s $75k breakout in focus.
Bitcoin price started a sharp decline from well above $73,000. BTC is now consolidating and might aim for a fresh increase if it clears $72,400. Bitcoin started a sharp decline below $72,000 and $71,500. The price is trading below $72,500 and the 100 hourly simple moving average.
The amendment confirmed that the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust will list on the NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol MSBT.
Coinbase Asset Management’s Anthony Bassili says the Bitcoin Yield Fund’s tokenized share class checks “identity and eligibility at the token level” for compliance.
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